[The many meanings of FABRIC]

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From: S.Wolf
Date: 18/09/2008-17:06

Well hello to you. First of all let me thank and congratulate the TriTran team
for this great and excellent site for translators and commoners.
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Well, I was just translating a text from English to Spanish, and I found the
word "fabric" being used as a poetic reference of "flag". I found a problem
here, since the meaning I know for "fabric" in Spanish it would be "tejido" or
"textil"; I feel that using "tejido" or "textil" as a poetic reference of a
national flag it would be unpleasant for the reader. Do you know any other
meaning for the word "fabric" in Spanish that could refer to "bandera"? If you
do, I would thank you if you share it with the comunity.

WELL, IN SPANISH THERE ARE A LOT OF WORDS TO MEANS " BANDERA"FOR EXAMPLE:
"ENSEÑA","INSIGNIA","PABELLON","PENDON","DIVISA"
ALL OF THEM COULD BE USED AS A POETIC REFERENCE OF FLAG.
ALTHOUGH THE WORD "LIENZO" COULD BE USED INSTEAD "TEJIDO", TO MEANS "BANDERA" IN
POETRY. FOR EXAMPLE " SAGRADO LIENZO" COULD MEANS "BANDERA"
I HOPE U COULD FINISH UR TRANSLATION WITH SUCCESS!
HILSEN
MARIVI